In high school football, the preseason doesn’t mean much once league play gets underway, and Prospect is proving that two weeks into the season in the West Valley Division of the Blossom Valley Athletic League.

The Panthers, who were 0-3 in non-league play, are now 2-0 in league and riding some strong momentum. They opened West Valley play with a convincing 22-8 win over Del Mar and backed it up last week by rolling over Yerba Buena 35-0 behind a solid effort by Angel Guillen.

The senior quarterback completed 12 of 17 passes for 178 yards and three touchdowns to lead the Panthers to the win over the Aztec Warriors.

Daniel Newson caught five passes for 79 yards and a score, while Kevin Moon pulled down three balls for 53 yards and a touchdown. Sam Adams caught three passes for 33 and a touchdown and Christian Nielsen caught one for 13 yards.

Moon did the majority of the running with 13 carries for 61 yards, while Adams had seven touches for 33. Nielsen had four runs for 22 with a touchdown and Deven Brown ran six times for 18 with a score. Guillen ran five times for 17, D’Markus Jones had four touches for 13 and Raiden Sainz and Tarnell Pollard each ran once for 11.

Nielsen was the first Panther to score, blasting over on a 2-yard run, Tarik Avdagic added the extra point. Then Adams caught a 12-yard pass from Guillen for the second score with Avdagic again kicking to bring the score to 14-0 in the first quarter.

The Panthers scored two more times in the second quarter, with Moon catching a 34-yard TD pass from Guillen and Newson pulling down a 26-yard pass from Guillen. Avdagic was successful with both kicks to bring the score to 28-0 at the end of the first half. The Panthers scored one more time, with Brown running the ball in from four yards out and Avdagic splitting the uprights one more time.

Defensively the Panthers were led by Robell Yosief and Jones, who had five tackles apiece, while Angelo Patti and Brandon Chavez each had four stops. Diego Posada had three tackles and Fernando Ceja and Nielsen each had a pair. Felimon Assefa, Brown, Kenny Headley, Isaac Escobero, Hasiel Ibarra, Tarnell Pollard, Jeffrey Russell, Adams, Jeremy Kaewkan and Moon were also in on tackles.

Moon and Newson each picked off a pass in the win, while Jones and Moon each picked up fumbles.

The Panthers now head to Overfelt on Oct. 18 for a 7 p.m. kickoff. The Royals, like Prospect, are off to a 2-0 start in league play after losing all three of their preseason games. Prospect and Overfelt share first place in the division with Andrew Hill (2-0, 3-2).

Westmont, meanwhile, lost a close one last week to Lincoln, 28-27. It was a back-and-forth battle that ended with the Warriors coming up just a point short.

After the Lions struck first for a 6-0 lead, the Warriors fought back to score, with Mark Derobertis running in from 10 yards out. Nicholas Kubo kicked the extra point to give Westmont the 7-6 lead.

The Lions found their way into the end zone again and added a two-point conversion before the Warriors scored when Zach Primeaux caught a 52-yard pass from A.J. Mintz. Kubo kicked the point after, and the game was tied 14-14.

Lincoln was able to score one more time before the half to take a 20-14 lead. The Lions scored again and made the two-point conversion to go up 28-14 in the third quarter, but the Warriors battled back.

Primeaux caught an 8-yard pass for a score from Mintz with Kubo on the kick to cut the lead to 28-21. Then in the fourth quarter Derobertis broke a 40-yard touchdown run, but the kick failed leaving Westmont trailing 28-27.

Mintz completed 18 of 26 passes with two touchdowns for 259 yards in the loss, while Derobertis ran 17 times for 96 yards and a pair of scores. Justin Elmensdorp ran twice for 21 yards, and Dominique Frazier ran four times for 22.

Primeaux pulled down five passes for 106 yards, Dan Speciale caught five balls for 59, Frazier grabbed five passes for 73, Derobertis had two receptions for 16 and Kyle Burch caught one pass for five yards.

Defensively Jakob Good led the attack with 12 tackles, while Nick Meyer had 10. Sebastian Arellano followed with nine stops, Sam Saidian and Justin Pham each had eight and Speciale seven. Elmensdorp, Burch and Jordan Figueroa each had six tackles, Parag Bhanot added five, Tony Maniglia three and Jamie Bragg two. Tyler Engel, Zachery Vu and Trevor McWilliams each had one tackle.

The Warriors moved to 1-1 in the Santa Teresa Division of the BVAL and to 3-2 overall. Westmont will head to Morgan Hill on Oct. 18 to face Live Oak at 7 p.m.

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